poseur

poseur

See also: Poseur

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French poseur.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /poʊˈzʊəɹ/
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    • Rhymes: -ʊəɹ

    Noun

    poseur (plural poseurs)

    1. One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
      Synonyms: poser, attitudinizer
      He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.
      She only dresses like that because she thinks she is getting the boys' attention; she's such a poseur.
      • 1884, Vernon Lee (pseudonym; Violet Paget), The Countess of Albany, published 1910, page 67:
        But he was also, what seems almost incompatible with this ferocious truthfulness, excessively self-conscious and morally attitudinising, a thin-skinned poseur.
      • 1978, Poly Styrene, “I Am a Poseur”, in Germ Free Adolescents, performed by X-Ray Spex:
        I am a poseur and I don't care / I like to make people stare

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    French

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    poseur m (plural poseurs, feminine poseuse)

    1. poseur
      Synonyms: crâneur, frimeur

    Descendants

    • English: poseur
    • German: Poseur

    Adjective

    poseur (feminine poseuse, masculine plural poseurs, feminine plural poseuses)

    1. pompous, affected

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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French poseur.

    Noun

    poseur m (plural poseuri)

    1. poseur

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative poseur poseurul poseuri poseurii
    genitive-dative poseur poseurului poseuri poseurilor
    vocative poseurule poseurilor

    References

    • poseur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN